The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-18
Farm Notes.

Castor oil is said to be an excellent lubri-
cant for all kinds of farm implements. A
good wagon-grease may be made of equal
parts of tallow, castor oil, crude petroleum
and kerosene.
The man who buys good stock and then
plants an orchard of excellent fruit trees
and then permits it to be trampled and raw
| aged by stock.
Steady application is what counts in any
business, especially in farming, for in this
employment a day or an hour wasted is
usually more than loss of time, for it is OPP
portunity gone.
A successful farmer in Minnesota says
there is profit to him in sheep with wool at
II cents pound. We say a small flock of
sheep on every farm would be profitable if
they grew bristles instead of wool.
Dr. T. H. Hoskins is confident that the
| farmer who by careful raising and selection
of seed perfects his own supply will in ten
or fifteen years have what can rarely be
equaled by anything from a distance.
For gapes put ten drops spirits tiIrpentine
in a pint of water and give no other liquid
to the chicks to drink. Put teaspoonful
of turpentine in quart of corn meal and
feed. Turpentine instantly destroys the
cape worm.
Turn the sheep upon those lands that give
the most trouble with weeds. Sheep prefer
short grazing and will eat nearly all kinds
of young weeds as soon as they shoot above
ground They also scatter their manure
evenly and benefit the soil.
Place ashes freely around the young peach
trees but do not use any stable manure.
Chemical fertilizers are excellent, especially
the potash salts. Well decomposed compost,
made from old sod and scrapings, makes an
excellent fertilizer for them. The ground
| should be kept clean.
For the prevalent disease of scaly legs in
fowls, caused by minute insect, rubbing
the legs with an ointment of sulphur, kero-
sene, ETC., is advised. The remedy is good
enough, but better one is immersing the
feet and legs in tomato can of kerosene.
Do this every three days until a cure is eff
fected.
While the Strawberries are throwing out
runners the earth between the rows should
be kept very loose, and all the grass and
weeds removed from around the old plants,
even if it become necessary to hand-pull
| them out, as the strawberry needs plenty of
moisture, of which it is deprived when the
rows are thick with weeds.
Prof Riley gives the following remedy
for mildew of the grape vine: Thirty five
pounds of sulphate of copper is dissolved in
fifty-three gallons of water; thrty-three
pounds of quicklime is slaked in eight gal
Ions of water. The lime and water mixture
is then poured into the solution of copper
In using keep the mixture separate.
Cabbage plants grow best when they are
frequently hoed Too much manure cannot
be applied to cabbage, nor can the ground
be lOosened around the plants too much.
Late crops may be put out now, il a shower
occur, but the ground should be well pre-
pared if a good crop be expected The cab
bage grows on all classes of soils if well cul-
waited.
The following is given as good prepara-
ton for the destruction of the beetle or po-
tato bug: Take three pounds of lime Slake,
and add six to eight gallons of water and a
tablespoonful of concentrated lye Mix all
together and apply to the vines with a com
mon sprinkler 1t will work like a charm,
one or two applications completely Kidding
the patch of the beetles and larvae.
The Rural Ne,0 Yorker says. "a hog
must root or die" This is true in two senses.
1t must root to find its most acceptable food
and its health is better secured by this natu-
raj proclivity Opportunities should be af-
forded for it. A fallow field may be usually
turned over in this way, and if it is sown
with few quarts of corn occasionally it
will encourage the pigs in their usefullabo
i Even the farmer does not always have
pure milk for his own use The quality of
the food, condition of the animals, purity of
the water, the atmosphere of the stables and
the habits of the person who performs the
milking are all important factors and affect
the quality of the milk No two cows give
differ in their modes of feeding their ami